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Ducks are done drafting.

The Ducks kept their remaining picks Saturday — one each in rounds 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 — and used them (in order) on defenseman Matt Clark, goalie Igor Bobkov, defenseman Sami Vatanen, center Radoslav Illo and defenseman Scott Valentine.
Clark, 6-foot-3 and 205 pounds, is a stay-at-home defenseman coming off a three-goal, 20-assist season for Brampton of the Ontario Hockey League. Click here for his full Central Scouting profile.

Bobkov, 18, played for Magnitogorsk-2 last season and was ranked as the 10th-best Russian draft prospect by Hockey’s Future.

Vatanen captained team Finland to a 5-4 win over Team Canada in the bronze-medal game at the 2009 U-18 championships in North Dakota. He stands just 5-foot-9 and seems to have some offensive upside, according to his Central Scouting profile.

Illo is a 6-foot, 185-pound forward who had 21 goals and 33 points in 47 games last season for the Tri-City Storm of the USHL. He’s a native of Slovakia and doesn’t have a Central Scouting profile. He does, however, have a Facebook page.

Valentine, 6 feet tall and 196 pounds, was a late comer to the draft board. The Ottawa native contributed 1 goal and 9 points last season for Oshawa of the OHL.

About J.P. Hoornstra

J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.